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T. ADAMS. LAMP'BURNER.

Patented Sept. 15, 1868.

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THOMAS ADAMS, OF HUDSON CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JAMES L.HOMER, AND HENRY T. McCOUN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No'. 82,059, dated September 15, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-BURNERS.

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TO. ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, flnoms ADAMS, of'Hudson City, in the county ofHudson, and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a. new and usefulImprovement in Lamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, formingpart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents asectional elevation of a lamp, or lamp in part, in illustration of myinvention.

Figure 2, a side elevation of the wick-tube and upper portion of theburner, with wick-operating device attached.

Figure 3, a top view of the same, and

Figure 4 an under view thereof.

Similar lettersof. reference indicato corresponding parts.

My invention consists in a novel construction of wick-tube, whereby asingle flat wick, in being fed upor adjusted through the tube, is madeto assume a round or annular form, or, in otherwords, converted into around tubular wick. The invention also consists in a combination with orarrangement relatively to the wicktube-of suitable shape for convertinga single fiat wick into around one-of a single wick-lifter oroperatingdevice, disposed to act upon the wick in its flat form. Also,the invention includes asui-table construction and division of theburner between the usual collar-screw and draught, whereby tan easierand readier admission of the wick into the tube is effected. And,furthermore, the invention covers such a construction of the partiallycone-like wick-tube, as that air to establish draught through the centre(Sf the light is admitted in front, as it were, of the single wick, andwithin the tube above the reservoir or base of the burner that connectswith the usual collar-screw, or its equivalent, on the reservoir.

This, my improvement, while applicable to lamps burning different kindsof oil or fluids, secures to a kerosene-oil lamp a hollow or tubularwick of single character, with an air-supply through the centreoftheflame.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the wick-tube, whichis of peculiar construction, and may, for convenience sake, be called acone, being of circular or annular formation at its top, a, butgradually spreading or extending in a downward direction by what may betermed hollow sides and back, 0 and d, to establish a straightformation, e, suitable for the entry from below of a flat or straightwick, and which straight part or formation may have the usual downwardtongue-extensions of ordinary flat or straight wick-tubes. Thisconstruction of the wick-tube or cone not only serves to admit of theflat or straight wick in its upward feed, as hereinafter described,being changed or converted into an annular wick as it issues or beforeit escapes from the top, a, of the tube, but also admits of anopening,f, being made between the hollow sides a and back, d, above thebase portion B of the burner, for the admission of air in front, as itwere, of the wick, as contrav distinguished from its admission betweentwo separate wicks. In'this way not only is air admitted to the out-'side of the flame by the ordinary or any suitable means, but alsothrough the centre of tlie wick and flame, as in the case of an argamllump, the advantage of which is well understood, and is here efl'ectedwithout any tubular passage or formation down through the oil orfluid-reservoir C, or even through the base portion of the burner, andwhereby my improvement may be applied or attached to the reservoirs oflamps now in use through the usual collar-screwy. But the base portion Bof the burner I prefer to make-of a. globular or swelled character, andwhich is made in separate pieces, or divided as at h, forming a cap ortop, D, whereby an casy and ready admission of the wick within the tubeis secured.

E is a single or ordinary toothed wick-lifter or operating-device, herearranged to act upon the flat portion of the wick, along or across thestraight portion a of the partially cone-like tube A, and whereby, aidedby the peculiar construction of said tube, as described, such singlewick-operating device serves, by the feed or passage of the wick throughthe tube, to give to the single flat wick a round or annular form, ashereinbefore referred to.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, 1--

1. The flattened, cone-shaped wick-tube A, providedwith a triangularopening,f,- for admission of air in front, as it'were, of the singlewick, to establish a current through the centre of the flame, andconstructed to that in the passage of the single flat wick through it ina straight line, or thereebouts, from below, said wick is made to assumean annuler'formst its exit from said tube, substantially as specified. I

2. The arrangement of the wick-lifter or operating-device E relativelyto the straight or. entering portion e of the tube A, constructed asdescribed, and for operation in connection with the latter to turn andconvert the wick from s. flat or straight into a round or annuler form,essentially as herein set forth.

p 3. The'base portion of the burner, of globulcr orenlarged character,as described, and divided asst 7;, (forming a cap, D,) between thecollar-screw of the lamp and draught-opening or openings to the-flame,as and for thepurpcse' herein set forth.

THOS. ADAMS.

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